Dovecote at Haversham Manor and to south of St. Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Haversham Manor and to south of St. Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- secret-tin-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Haversham Manor and to south of St. Mary's Church, High Street, Haversham-Cum-Little Linford
- OS grid reference
- SP 828 426
- Coordinates
- 52.07616, -0.79319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Haversham Manor, located south of St. Mary's Church, dates from 1665. It is constructed of coursed rubblestone and features an old tile roof. The building has a square plan topped with a pyramid roof that includes a cupola and a wrought iron weather vane. There is a doorway in the west wall and a high three-light oak framed window on the south wall. On the north wall, a date stone is inscribed with 'M.T. 1665', referencing Maurice Thompson, who purchased the manor in 1664. The interior walls are lined with stone nest-boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Haversham Manor and to south of St. Mary's Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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